While we learned earlier this year that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since 1880, this week we were greeted with news that greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, hit record highs in that same year.

Speaking from the annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club, Ban Ki-Moon called on the entire international community to commit to providing increased financial investment to help combat the deleterious effects of climate change.

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.